WOW...ok I'm a serious newb when it comes to all this so if I ask many questions or repeat myself please excuse my ignorance. I'll try and digest what you just explained to me but to answer your question the error line number is the very last line number in the script. So if ?> is line 37 the error will be on line 37, that is for the original problem. The 2nd problem ( your fixed version ) Says the error is on line 24. Hope this helps


*** Just a side note I'm taking a lesson from the Apache, MySQL, & PHP WebDevelopment for Dummies book and modifying it *** So the first set of code I posted it the modified version of their "example" in the book. I can post that here if you like????